Govt says no plans for Australia Card

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There were no plans to introduce an Australia Card-style
national identification system to tackle identity fraud, the
government said today.

A spokesman for Justice Minister Chris Ellison said the
government acknowledged identity crime was a growing problem and
had passed laws earlier this year to outlaw the possession of
credit card skimming equipment.

"We have no plans to introduce any sort of Australia Card-style,
national ID card," he said.

"A bill went through at the end of August which specifically
outlawed the possession and use of credit card skimming equipment
and that's one of a few initiatives we've got underway on identity
crime, working with industry, like the banking industry, to crack
down on this problem."